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setscrew definition

set·screw (set′skro̵̅o̅′)

noun

  1. a machine screw passing through one part and against or into another to prevent movement, as of a ring around a shaft
  2. a screw used in regulating or adjusting the tension of a spring, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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